@homophonous.bsky.social
Andalusi lit and cultural history at NYU. Medieval, but not like that. Trying to strike a balance between critical and creative writing. Chaos muppet, always. Still perfecting my gazpacho.
menswear guy for president
The MLA, @acls1919.bsky.social, and @historians.org have filed a motion for summary judgment in our lawsuit to restore the NEH. Discovery documents reveal that DOGE rather than the acting chair led grant terminations and targeted grants using ChatGPT. More at mla.org/NEH-Lawsuit
A sharp warning in an ordinary news release: "President Trump’s Justice Department.”
Today at Law Dork: www.lawdork.com/p/news-relea...
It is horrific what happened to this man’s family. But some Jewish American children worshipping at a synagogue in Michigan are not fucking responsible. This is another case of blaming all Jews for the actions of Israel. This is why we constantly beg you not to do that.
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New episode of Hugo History out today! I discussed Philip K Dick's Man in the High Castle with horror writer (and lit prof) Joseph Andre Thomas. Come for the multiverse, stay for the extensive discussion of PKD's knowledge of bras. sites.libsyn.com/586395/man-i...
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I usually avoid posting things from the other place but I will make an exception because this is so damn cool. @yappelbaum.bsky.social
This has been an increasingly defining feature of Jewish life since the AMIA bombing in 1994 and accelerated since Tree of Life.
This is kind of a fact of life at synagogues and JCCs. I wish it weren’t but it is. bsky.app/profile/beco...
Wait, I didn’t mean for them to direct their misogyny at *me*, just at those *other* women who aren’t as beautiful.
Heh!
My first attempt at an AI-proof exam wasn't a wild pedagogical success: wp.nyu.edu/sjpearce/202...
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“Non-diverse participants” is the euphemism of the year
If you’d like to read my essay about George Orwell, writing by machines, and our current nihilism about meaning, I offer you the entire zine in this thread.
I will finish the thread with instructions on how to print your own copies of the zine.
#OrwellvsChatGPT
Tonight’s dumb napkin cartoon…
Congrats @durba.bsky.social!!! I hope to have you sign it whenever we meet irl.
I am shocked. Shocked.
A purpose of the war on Iran might well be to provoke a terrorist attack inside the United States, thereby justifying the need to “federalize” elections. We must anticipate it, with sadness and resolution, and not be surprised, if it happens.
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We've been murdering our own children in their schools for years and years.
This is honestly the silliest thing I have read lately and I’ve been reading a lot of think pieces on AI in higher education. www.nytimes.com/athletic/710...
Ben Shapiro is obviously correct about the absurdity of Third Temple claim, but his entire project is in crisis. He thought he could let the bigots in but that Jews would still be allowed to pass as good allies of the Christian right. Turns out when you open that door, you can’t close it again.
Well, that’s uncanny timing.
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New study. We had adults place historical figures on the left-right ideological spectrum. Folks most often place history's villains (Hitler, Stalin, etc) as extreme examples of their opponents. But they place heroes (Jesus, MLK, Lincoln) are on their own team. 1/4 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
here's a taste of everything that I did on one Tuesday in March 2026 for 24 hours starting at 1:07 AM, shared not because it was particularly unusual but because this really could have been any Tuesday in the past 14 months
Spain formally withdraws its ambassador from Israel; downgrades diplomatic representation to level of chargé d'affaires. elpais.com/espana/2026-...
Old Mikvah in the basement of a restaurant across from Sta María la Blanca in Sevilla. Restored and can be visited!